SEOUL: A South Korean Olympic short-track speed skating champion banned from the national team for sexual harassment has taken Chinese citizenship and will skate for the hosts at next year's Beijing Winter Games, reports said.
The verdict was overturned on appeal, but the case is now before the South's Supreme Court for a final decision. South Korea's Lim Hyo-jun competes in the men's 500m short track speed skating heat event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung on Feb 20, 2018. Lim decided instead to become a naturalised Chinese citizen and skate for China, according to South Korean media reports.
South Korea is a regional sporting power and regularly finishes in the top 10 in the medals tables at the summer and winter Olympics.
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